Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of quack
The usual note emitted by this genus is a kind of tremulous querulous bark, not very unlike the quacking voice of a duck. Although all our larger squirrels […]
1839, Edward Charlesworth, Magazine of Natural History
comparative more quacking · superlative most quacking
- Making quacking sounds, or prone to doing so.
Translations
Arabic زَبْط
- زَبْط (zabṭ)the sound made by a group of ducks
Irish vácarnach
- vácarnachthe sound made by a group of ducks
Polish kwakanie
- kwakaniethe sound made by a group of ducks
Cite this entry
quacking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quacking
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